TeletypeUrgent teletype SAC Seattle to Butte, Las Vegas and Portland re paratrooper suspect5 June 1972page 2 of 3
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Part 26, page 222

DB Cooper-8617Serials SE 164-81

Document date 5 June 1972

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 p. 222 (DB Cooper-8617), Teletype, dated 5 Jun 1972, serial SE 164-81-3503 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-26/pages/222

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SE 164-81

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HE WAS ALSO A PARATROOPER IN WORLD WAR II. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE HAS BEEN A PILOT.

ADDITIONALLY [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT SHE REGULARLY HEARD FROM [REDACTED] UP TO NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYTWO, BUT HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE. [REDACTED] ALSO ADVISED THAT [REDACTED] MONTANA, IS JUST AS CONVINCED THAT [REDACTED] IS D.B. COOPER.

[REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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BUTTE, [REDACTED] MONTANA. IDENTIFY [REDACTED] POSSIBLY THROUGH BIRTH RECORDS AND THEREAFTER WILL INTERVIEW HER AND OBTAIN A PHOTO [REDACTED] EXERCISE DISCRETION SO AS NOT TO DISCLOSE THE SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION.

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IMMEDIATELY AFTER DETERMINING THE FIRST NAME [REDACTED] BUTTE WILL ADVISE LAS VEGAS AND PORTLAND. LAS VEGAS AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. AFTER OBTAINING THE COMPLETE NAME OF THIS SUSPECT, WILL DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS AND EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS IN FACT A GOOD SUSPECT. IF HE DOES BECOME A GOOD SUSPECT, SET OUT IMMEDIATELY LEADS FOR PORTLAND TO CHECK HOTELS AND MOTELS FOR ANY REGISTRATION AT PORTLAND, ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE, SEVENTYONE.

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DB Cooper-8617